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senate vote 2018-06-25#12
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Bills — Water Amendment Bill 2018; Second Reading- Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Description
<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-06-25.202.2) to agree with the bill's main idea. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html), which means they can now discuss it in greater detail.
- ### What does this bill do?
- The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6112) was introduced to:
- > *enable the Commonwealth Water Minister to direct the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to prepare an amendment to the Basin Plan 2012 (the Basin Plan) that is the same in effect as a [Basin Plan amendment](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2018-02-14/11) that has previously been disallowed, or taken to have been disallowed, by either House of Parliament.*
- Read more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd118).
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